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Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

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Post by jacknews »

Rejection email?

You were lucky to get a rejection!

Or an email.

We used have to lick the bosses boots clean, applying for a job paying penny a year, an' if we were lucky we might get a thrashing to within an inch of our lives, and a rejection screamed in our ear.

Luxury....

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Yes sure, I'm in the same boat, but probably with worse prospects (took a 'career break' to work on side projects, etc), and it feels like I'm boxing in a cloud - 90%+ of applications are just ignored, not even a rejection.

Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

#52

Post by pkaye »

5350-uiop-1130 wrote: post #41

FED is finished . i would suggest moving into something with higher barrier to entry. last 4 FED my company hired are ex-sales/ex-whatever bootcampers (yes my company is cheap). remote working is the final nail. still few good FED jobs but you have 10,000s expert leetcoders fired by faang to compete.

What do you mean by FED?

Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

#53

Post by AlbinoDrought »

pkaye wrote: post #52
5350-uiop-1130 wrote: post #41

FED is finished . i would suggest moving into something with higher barrier to entry. last 4 FED my company hired are ex-sales/ex-whatever bootcampers (yes my company is cheap). remote working is the final nail. still few good FED jobs but you have 10,000s expert leetcoders fired by faang to compete.

What do you mean by FED?

Front End Development

Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

#55

Post by bogota »

5350-uiop-1130 wrote: post #42
RomanPushkin wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Being in a major corporation sometimes can play against you: - I see a couple of corporations on your resume, do you have experience working in a startup environment? - ... If you have Blind app access, try to search for "I really thought after Google, I should be employable" post

blind is the most obnoxiously insufferable community. i'm glad they're not employable! TC 0. how's that.

I don’t wish TC 0 on anyone but Blind has to be one of the most toxic communities. I spent a few months on it when working at a FANG adjacent company and after seeing people personally calling out managers and just generally any visible person I stopped using it.

Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

#56

Post by [deleted] »

pkaye wrote: post #52
5350-uiop-1130 wrote: post #41

FED is finished . i would suggest moving into something with higher barrier to entry. last 4 FED my company hired are ex-sales/ex-whatever bootcampers (yes my company is cheap). remote working is the final nail. still few good FED jobs but you have 10,000s expert leetcoders fired by faang to compete.

What do you mean by FED?

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Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

#57

Post by [deleted] »

pkaye wrote: post #52
5350-uiop-1130 wrote: post #41

FED is finished . i would suggest moving into something with higher barrier to entry. last 4 FED my company hired are ex-sales/ex-whatever bootcampers (yes my company is cheap). remote working is the final nail. still few good FED jobs but you have 10,000s expert leetcoders fired by faang to compete.

What do you mean by FED?

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Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

#59

Post by jml78 »

pkaye wrote: post #52
5350-uiop-1130 wrote: post #41

FED is finished . i would suggest moving into something with higher barrier to entry. last 4 FED my company hired are ex-sales/ex-whatever bootcampers (yes my company is cheap). remote working is the final nail. still few good FED jobs but you have 10,000s expert leetcoders fired by faang to compete.

What do you mean by FED?

I assume front end developer.

Re: Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?

#60

Post by sosodev »

scelerat wrote: post #25

Same here. 22 years experience full stack; leadership roles. Can't get an interview. Taking an ML class. I think telling some recruiters I had a baby on the way was a mistake.

You’re struggling with 22 YOE? That’s unfathomable to me
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